LOCAL ROUNDUP: PJP girls win Hatboro-Horsham tourney

The Pope John Paul II girls basketball team surged ahead in the final quarter to close their opening week in style, winning the Hatboro-Horsham tournament with a 48-37 win over Nazareth Academy in the final Saturday night.

PJP outscored Nazareth 16-6 in the fourth quarter, crucially holding Nicole Dombrowski, the game’s high scorer with 17 points, scoreless over the final eight-minute frame.

Oley 64, Pottsgrove 55: A slow start proved too much to overcome as the Falcons fell to host Oley in the championship game of the Oley Tip-Off Tournament Saturday.

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Alliyah Austin scored a team-high 19 points and Marisa Kinneer hit five 3-pointers for 15 points to lead the Falcons (1-1), who got the season off on a high note Friday.

Brandi Vallely led the Lynx with 23 points, her team taking a 21-8 lead after the first quarter.

Austin and Kinneer were named to the all-tournament team.

BOYS BASKETBALL

North Penn 58, Phoenixville 52: DeAndre Gadsden and Marcus Howell each scored 11 points but the host Phantoms fell to North Penn in the championship of the George Rocco Tip-Off Tournament Saturday night.

Eric Wallace added 10 points for Phoenixville (1-1).

GIRLS TRACK

Boyertown at DVTCA: The Boyertown girls opened the winter season with five medal winners and some standout performances at the Delaware Valley Track Coaches Association meet at Lehigh University, Saturday.

Bears junior Alex Seuer won the triple jump with a 35-9, qualifying for the Meet of Champions and the indoor states tournament.

Inga Maric took third in the long jump with a 16-3 and also qualified for the Meet of Champions.

Junior Jillian Bertino took second in the 300 meters with a school record 43.2,

Junior Michelle Seymour finished fourth in the 600 with a 1:48.5. And senior Anna Simpson took third in 1,000 meter with a 3:21.7.

ICE HOCKEY

Spring-Ford 5, Garnet Valley 0: On a power play nine minutes into the first period, Spring-Ford’s Corey Kearns scored on a pass from Justin Murphy and the Rams never looked back. Spring-Ford out-shot Great Valley 31-15. Also contributing goals for Spring-Ford were Thomas Kisela, Jonathan Palmer, Tyler Murphy and Christian Graff. Dante Felice and Matthew Giovinco added assists. Adam Panzarella was outstanding in goal.